so being the good woman i am, first thing i have found are the shopping malls and the biggest stationary shop in tokyo. sweet. den is not as excited as me.
We head to breakfast and go for the “morningu settu” which wa strrrronnnng coffee and cream, thick white toast with butter and a hard boiled egg. excellent. plus they give you a moist towel after eating which is v considerate. The cafe seems real old school, all dark and cute and the chairs are really low.
so we scout round our local area, Asukasa and take the metro to Ginza. This turns out to be all expensive designer shops and malls we can't work out how to get into BUT find the fabulous stationary shop, itoya and spend a looong while drooling in there. brought cow shaped paperclips (couldnt help it!) plus quite a few stickers (of sushi..).
Poor den has had enough of paper and pens by now and we headed to shinjuku where the massive department stores are (who put me in charge of the lonely planet..) they are soooo big and also connect up with one of the biggest metro and rail stations in tokyo so we spent ages trying to fnd the food halls and somewhere to sit. Find the halls find with amazing food, but nowhre to rest our feet...argh. finally find a cafe...The department stores were too mental so we head off to shibuya which is home to the big famous crossing...which we crossed! and just sosososo many people and so chaotic. electric advertising everywhere. Checked out a Pachinko slot place...seems to be a gambling thing with metal balls...the rooms are smoky and music on full, its really a massive assault on all your senses!
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